OK, so I thought going on vacation was the big challenge.... but here it is moving apparently is much harder than vacation. You know I planned so much for our vacation and made sure to only have the odd treat here and there and make sure we went out every day to get excercise....Then here I am all moved into our new house and what do I realize
1. I am far away from my friends and family. Instead of a quick 5 min car trip to my families I am now about a 40 minute drive and about an hour and some to my friends. Although I didn't see a problem with this when we purchased our place I figured what difference does being out here make....well for me alot I guess. I seemed to have lost that connection to hanging out and seeing everyone. I focused for the first month on getting our house into tip top shape and being organized that I seemed to have put myself last for the month.
2. The second thing I realized was...I feel lost without my gym, my trails to run in, my neighborhood. I didn't realize how much I liked that comfort of knowing exactly how many km I had gone on the trail without bringing my watch, or knowing familiar faces in the gym and the layout and where the equipment was. I felt lost and actually could feel myself slipping into a bit of a downer being here.
3. Having my hubby work lots is always great for us, since we do own our own company...but since I was so lonely out here I was finding it hard to adjust without having him around to hang out with. So here I was just me and our baby trying to figure out what to do out here.
So after having a pity party for myself for the last couple weeks and then getting on the scale that I finally unpacked, YIKES I had gained weight! surprise surprise really since I wasn't on any type of schedule and my eating had taken a dive for the first week we lived here. I didn't organize the kitchen until the second week we lived here. I finally shook myself awake when I saw that I was back up to 199 OMG how could I possible almost be at 200 again, I had promised myself that I would never go there again! Well needless to say that shook me completely and I decided to take some time to myself. So I packed up my little girl and got our dog all leashed up and took a 5 minute drive to a path I had read about online.
Well wouldn't you know this path is AMAZING it is off leash for the puppies and it's not paved (which I like better since I tend to get shinsplints on pavement) and off we went. Felt great the path wound along the river and through some trees beside some farms where I got to jog past chickens, horses and plenty other great things for oilvia to watch while in the stroller it was amazing!
I also revamped the cupboards in the kitchen everything is super organized now and ready to grab healthy snacks and good for you foods.
I've signed up for a bootcamp in the area on 2 nights a week here which hubby promised to be home on to watch olivia and then I also signed up 3 nights a week in my families city so they said they would watch olivia those nights if chris was working. Things seemed to turn around for me and I am just going to stay positive. I am hoping that these classes in my town will be a good way to meet some new people/friends in my area.
OK well I will be making sure to blog weekly again about whats going on and how the weight is coming off.
I am also thinking of doing my goals in smaller increments (10 lbs) since I feel like I can congratulate myself when I get there and not keep thinking ok only this many more to go.
